Every one of us must have been allured by the tempting graphics and the instant gratification provided by the video games. They were designed for the sole purpose of entertainment which appealed to the young population. With the advancement in technology, the focus shifted from entertainment to other reasons why people started playing video games. Imagine that you have the …
USE OF COGNITIVE THERAPY IN TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY AND PANIC DISORDERS: A LOOK THROUGH SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
However, David Clark broadly defined Cognitive Therapy as the process of identification of distorted thoughts, maladaptive beliefs and/or assumptions and consequent reshaping of the distorted cognitions with reality including and not limited to thought monitoring, and thought challenging, etc. The cognitive model of psychopathology uses the information processing theory as a corollary through which specific data is gathered, interpreted, and …
SHOULD ANIMAL RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY BE ELIMINATED?
Animal researches were effective in finding the effects of alcoholism in pregnancy, finding ways to deal with alcoholism and substance addiction, impact on improving the approach towards treating obesity (APA, Psy 301-CSULB, 1994). These researches including experiments with the animal have a huge impact on the education industry as well as on many improvements in studies of learning and cognitive …
AUGMENTING EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT AT WORKPLACE
When attempting to understand how organizational theorists have attempted to define employee empowerment, two kinds of empowerment come into the picture. First is structural empowerment associated with the delegation of power by managers to employees. The second is psychological empowerment-based primarily on self-determination and intrinsic value. Most definitions of empowerment refer to some aspect of control over decision making, control …
COVID-19: HOW IT PSYCHOLOGICALLY AFFECTED THE RURAL COMMUNITIES
Let’s start with the lockdown when there was no public transport, no travel permitted (except by those approved by the government), and very little transport of goods. Till 24th March, the spread of this pandemic was an urban phenomenon, largely found in locations that had foreign travelers and in a few smaller towns which had migrants from abroad. Since the …
PANDEMIC (COVID-19) AND RURAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
The onset of this deadly pandemic has started one problem that has been faced by the future of our country. It is the problem of the distribution of knowledge. the mode of education has transformed into online education or digital education who wish to gain knowledge opting for online education. Online education is called remote learning or remote access learning …
DEVELOPING CREATIVITY IS HELPFUL IN THE PANDEMIC
It is well-known that health emergencies are associated with unfavourable psychosocial consequences, and the COVID-19 outbreak will inevitably cause distress and leave many people vulnerable to mental health problems. Fear, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress were common psychological symptoms reported globally. Underlying reasons for these symptoms may be include disruptions in daily routine due to restrictive measures, social isolation, feeling …
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF “BEING INDOORS” AMONGST CHILDREN (5-14yrs)
Pandemic !! Stay Indoors !! Maintain Social Distancing !! Disruption In Daily Routine !! Life came to a full stop. Suddenly no schools, no offices, no going out, no meeting friends and family- overnight everything stopped. Now stay indoors, maintain social distancing, wear a mask, online schooling, work from home. Since the lockdown, the world has come to a standstill, …
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL UGLY?
I am a Psychologist; I am a Therapist but more than anything I am a woman who’s fed up with linear beauty standards. I grew up in India, where the ideal image for a good-looking girl is light skinned with long hair. Well, I am brown-skinned. I was always curvier and I still do have dark circles. For the last …
WORK FROM HOME? NAH! OFFICE AT HOME
If you have been hit by the reality that working from home is not as fascinating as you thought of it, then you are not alone. Almost everyone is facing the same wave of emotions, mental and physical sluggishness is common. Thus, normalizing this phenomenon is the only way through. So, let’s just fetch out the positive perspective of work …